China's economy is growing big big BIG once again, giving investors one more reason to stop obsessing so much over the American economy.

Egyptians are protesting new rules—requiring protesters to report locations to cops, giving officials permission to clear protests around government buildings—meant to keep them from protesting. These laws sound very familiar, by the way...

That gaping hole over on SW 9th downtown—the one that's been there since before Barack Obama was president—might finally get to be the building it was meant to be after all. Construction is reportedly going to resume on the bedeviled Park Avenue West tower.

THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES MY FEELINGS THIS MORNING WITH UNCANNY PRECISION.